Domestic Violence and the Islamic Tradition

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages, with the exception of five pages that have highlighting. Dust jacket shows some wear to edges. 258 pages. "Modern scholars of most major religious traditions, who seek gender egalitarian interpretations of their scriptural texts, confront a common dilemma: how can they produce interpretations that are at once egalitarian and authoritative, within traditions that are deeply patriarchal? This book examines the challenges and resources that the Islamic tradition offers to Muslim scholars who seek to address this dilemma. This is achieved through extensive study of the intellectual history of a Qur'anic verse that has become especially contentious in the modern period: Chapter 4, Verse 34 (Q. 4:34)" -- dust jacket. Oxford Islamic Legal Studies.